Does Military Assistance for Disaster Relief Require Joint Methodology.
Abstract
Military Assistance to Civil Authorities for disaster relief often requires responsiveness. The premise of federal assistance to state and local authorities is that it is supplemental. Once it has been determined that the assistance is appropriate, however, all talents should turn toward providing assistance as quickly as possible. Both international and domestic systems for tasking and reporting assistance are examined. Emphasis is on the systems used or proposed for the Continental United States. Systems and Organizational analyses are conducted to illustrate the nature of the inadequacies of the current system used to task and report. Special attention is paid to the difficulties of crossing procedural lines between services and the implications for compliance with recent legislation are examined. The paper concludes that procedures would be amenable to improvement by using automated communications systems, a joint regulation and authority source, and formatted messages.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 16, 1988
- Accession Number
- ADA195241
Entities
People
- James J. Gallivan
Organizations
- United States Army War College